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Concerning which, said The Michigan Daily (undergraduate newspaper): "Many University students ought to be seriously jolted. . . . It is impossible to deny these indictments." Said The Daily Princetonian (Princeton's daily): "The explanation for this state of affairs can be perhaps partially explained by the viewpoint which many college men hold, as expressed by W. H. Cowley, a former member of Dartmouth's student committee on the curriculum: 'Our professors stand on platforms like little gods and speak in pale blue voices, and when blue book time comes, we regurgitate. . . . Phi Beta Kappa scholarship is all pure memory...
...strong intellect applies its own criteria and finds its own solutions. It cooperates unwillingly, and cooperation is the basis of political strength. Only a blind unity of viewpoint can make a group act together, and that blindness the intelligentsia tries to discard. The crude forces which work throughout the state will always laugh at the impotence of the philosophical spirits which...
...surprising that in so many instances the most promising candidates have been ignored. The turtle is not particularly handsome, but he is unequalled as the symbol of a perfect defence. His speed too, if Aesop is to be believed, is far from negligible. From the viewpoint of the perfect attack the skunk is the only candidate in the field. The times cry out, however, for an animal versed in all the methods of warfare. Which fits the need more satisfactorily than the porcupine? His footwork may not be so flashy as that of some, but he has a finesse...
Meetings of the Forum, though presenting topics from a Catholic viewpoint, will be open to all members of the University, and all present will be given an opportunity to present their views...
...German viewpoint was that the tax would interfere with the working of the Experts' Plan and would otherwise complicate trade relations between the two countries...